Old 01-10-05 | 09:41 AM
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I don't care for bike lanes, but I do want wide right lanes.

Most bike lanes around here end 100ft before the intersection. Many don't account for the right turn lane, etc. Most put one in the door zone. I find with bike lanes I am weaving in and out of them to ride safer. Sure if they were well designed from the get go (including signs that indicate bikes merging left for left turn lanes, a separator buffer for door zones, etc.) they might be OK - but this will never be a reality given the road infrastructure already in place.

I do like the idea I've heard of before which is called a hybrid bike lane - the right lane is extra wide, but there is no line to separate bike lane, but it is still labeled with paint on the pavement as a bike lane every few hundred yards or so.

Al
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